The rear wheels on my Cub Cadet were rusted solid to the axles preventing me from adding tubes or new tires to fix the slow leaks in them from the sidewalls and tire beads. So, after watching a RU-vid tutorial I removed the tire valve stem and pumped in a half quart of Automatic transmission fluid in each of the rear tires (it doesn't matter what brand) using a quart bottle fluid pump available on Amazon. Afterwards I reinserted the tire valves, reinflated the tires and spun them with the rear jacked up. After two weeks now I can report that this totally stopped the slow leaks around the tire beads and sidewalls. Cheap and effective fix!
I used to play the tire slime game. Its the poor mans temporary fix to limp thru a couple projects. If you have a atv tire or garden/atv trailer your money ahead to replace rotten rubber before it lets you down when you need it. In my part of NW Alaska. Rotten rubber is a ticking time bomb that will fail you when you are about 12 miles out and huling a load.
When the sidewall of tire is dryrotted, at that point, putting an inner tube in it, or getting a new tire is the best option. You can use a rubber mallet to best on tire to help seal leak after installing tire sealant and/or drive mower around.
why not run to tractor supply and pick up a couple of inner tubes--they carry them. makes more sense than putting slime/snot in it especially since its your sidewalls
@@quinton3997 Tubeless tires were not standard till 1955 & even after that we put tubes in all our family & our companies vehicles whenever it was possible to save a tire. We drove tires with tubes on the belts after the tread on recaps flew off.
I slimed my tires for the same reason at least 3 years ago and haven't had to add air since. I've used dish washing liquid on Drag Slicks for sidewall leaks and it worked pretty well. One I never had to add air the other needed a little each weekend.
@@tommak6516 In the day, I tried that stuff everywhere. Worst results on a disintegrating sidewall like that, and the best result is to fix little pinholes in a bicycle tire in the tube caused by something like a sand spur, and the pinhole is so small you can't hear it. It is actually ok stuff in a bicycle tire, I find. Yeah, tube is so easy to put in on these. The front tires are a little more challenging but doable. However, he is going to have to dismount, at least one side, of the tire to get all the slime out of there and dry everything. Otherwise, tire dismounting is not even needed to put in tubes. Just bead popping on one side.
@@tommak6516 Nah. I never really thought about it to be honest. The only reason I would go through the trouble of drying it out is so the rims won't get all nasty and rusty which will happen eventually. But - I'm not certain - but I think Slime has some rust inhibitors similar to glycol antifreeze ingredients. Actually leaving some Slime in there will prevent a tube fold anyhow. It just bugs me a little lol maybe that's why I would go through the trouble
I did that trick before. It was all good until I had to change the tire the next year. Changing a tire that's been filled with slime or other liquid tire sealant, such as fix-a-flat, is messy. The tire spills out liquid goo when you break the bead making a big mess. I'll never use slime or any other liquid tire sealant again on a tire unless absolutely necessary.
On rotten tires I have had about a 40% success rate removing a rusted on tire bead (arctic coastal environment) best cut off old tire, beats wrestling the thing around. Cut the sidewall w sawzall and use a disc cutter on the steel bead wires. Lots less stress. I had intertubed a dryrotted trailer tire. One spring the sidewall gaveway and heard a shotgun like blast in the yard as the tire sidewall tore open popping the intertube.
My brother borrowed my car and a tire went down at an intersection. He walked to the gas station and got Fix-A-Flat back when it was just $3.00 a can. One can didn't work, so he got another. Then a third can and he noticed the foam coming out from the inside bead, so he got the jack out to make the tire bead seat correctly and, yes a fourth can !! I didn't want to drive around with that much gunk in my tire, so I went to a tire shop AND TOLD the guy the tire was full of Fix-A-Flat. He broke the bead on the machine and went to flip it over and that gunk went ALL OVER his pants and shoes !! Man was he steamed- - Good thing it was near quitting time.
@@TIMEtoRIDE900 Sounds as though the guy must not have been experienced changing tires. I bought a vehicle which had that stuff in all four tires. I could hear it sloshing before I broke the bead; I thought I was hearing water. I broke it down and dumped the juice. No mess; no problem.
I have learned over the past 50 years of bandaging junk that it is easier and less agrivating to just put a tire on and be done. clean and paint the inside edge of the wheel while you are at it.
Tire and wheel prep is everything . The only true fix for that is to prep the wheel thoroughly and either put a new tire on it or a new tire and tube. The wheels are 2 halves welded together and they need to be prepped so that there is no welders flash or slag in the middle and be painted with a good epoxy paint bead to bead and there can't be any rust or sharp edges around the edge of the rim or anything that would puncture a tube and use plenty of soap and water when installing tube and tire otherwise you will get frustrated doing the same job over and over again. The tire he has there is too far dry rotted to fix .when they are that bad dirt gets in-between the tire and tube and causes failure eventually. Eventually you will get the whole wheel full of slime and it will still leak air and then you have to take it apart and what a mess you have😢
i read more than one comment about adding motor oil . i have one that i had added oil to several years ago , but it developed a really slow sidewall leak again . i wiped oil out (didn't do a great clean up job) and put a tube in it . next day the oil left in the tire dissolved the tube . oil is ok for a worn out tire , but i wouldn't put it in a tire that might need a tube in the future . i doubt trans fluid would dissolve a tube , but i haven't tried it in a tire that's had it .
slime only works for a temporary fix just a few months in most cases i have seen another product i have used and lasts for years is tire-ject put it in the same way you just did make sure not to release air through the valve stem unless it is at the top any liquid that is near the stem will clog it and dry in place ruining the valve stem
4 ounces of automatic transmission fluid inside the tire will stop most sidewall leaks way better than any can of fix a flat .. It’s strangely a miracle.
My john deere, is a 99 model. Tires started doing that back on 04. Put 4 tubes in then. Still running the same tires. Slime sucks. It's only a bandaid, not a true fix. Get tubes, it's fixed.
Two things. The whole rubber part that mounts into the rim is the valve stem. The part that you screw in and out of the stem is the core. Second, try using automatic transmission fluid in that leaky tire. Don't laugh. It works great and is alot cheaper. About 8 ounces will do it.
I tried atf and had mixed results, back lawn tractor tire (worked), trailer (for lawn tractor) worked again, wheelbarrow tire (worked somewhat, slowed leak substantially), snowblower tire (did not work). Now sure how much I got into the tires as had funnel that did not fit tight so some leaked. I bought an oiler can with a nozzle that I can get the atf into the tire better and put more in the snowblower tire and try again. Problem with the snowblower tire is I cannot get the wheel off the axle so it does not distribute well inside the tire.
I just put some of that underbody paint. I take tire off and coat the inside and paint the edge of the rim after cleaning it. Even used tar once. Or that roofing paint that works good too.
Well guys& ladies take it from fella that seal 14" trailer tire that was dry cracked on side walls, I used Slime sealer in it with No air at all then with tire on its side splashing it around inside and flipping on opposite side let it sit for 10 minutes each side then aired it up and Perfect tire for over winter and today was still with air at proper pressure So does it work "Yes it does work well"
If you use slime or other temp repairs, just be warned that it can set in the valve stem, gluing the core solid. Go to check tyre pressure or or pump the tyre up, nothing happens. Guess how I know. 😉😂
Fix-a-flat, slime will cause you trouble later. You can never clean it all out of the rim again. It will cause you to buy a rim. A tube is cheap. Put a tube in, if you don’t have the money for a tire.
I bought solid front tires for my lawnmower....no more flats. Only thing is they will flat spot so I put a jack stand to hold them off the ground when it is not being used.
I could say, Slime it up, that works. Get a new tire, that works. Put a tube in it, that works. Or get some of the dirtiest old motor oil you have and dump it in there. Seal the leak, it will never be hard to remove and it costs nothing. I would not do that to anything critical like a highway vehicle of course.
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I've got a great idea. You could use gasoline with a lot of cardboard and set fire to the hole lawn mower. That way you don't have to worry about the tire going flat.
I always fill my tires with propane gas. Then set fire 🔥 to the leaking pleases. Nitroglycerin works really good to. Just drill extra holes in the tires. That way more air can get in. Or you could use Trinidad explosive 🧨🧨. Just weight for the 4 of July.
@@tommak6516 if we got people in the world who can gain access to a deadly machine like a mower. I think we need to get rid of them. And if it's blowing them up with expensive, then I'm for it. I would not worry about them. If they obtain some nitroglycerin and they are ignorant enough to blow themselves to smithereens , then maybe someone will be saved by the loss. I been on this planet for over 68 years. And I have never heard of anyone putting propane in a mower tire. That is stupid enough but setting it on fire 🔥 is got to be the most ignorant thing I have ever heard. Tom when stuff like that starts happening I'm going to hide myself in a military bunker with a army helmet on.
I noticed you flipping the can one way and then the other way., Did you not read the directions? Also they don’t require near the amount of air that a car tire does. It’s very low psi. You want them to cushion a little bit or they’ll beat you to death!
dont know i put it in junk car tie as both rim rusted beyond safe use and tire rotted just have it to move car around yard 5 years its still not went flat tho he didnt use real slime should be thicker thats more like green fix a flat that dont work
do what i do fit atube and fill them with water top them with air you get better traction and if you get a puncture you will see the water coming out but a lot slower than
